Andy Allen's Blog

New Venture Christian Fellowship | August 11-12, 2012

andyallen — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:00:28 +0000

A unique part of my work over the last 15 years has been serving with churches and teams in transition. This week I met with the lead team at New Venture Christian Fellowship and agreed to help out as their Transitional Worship Leader while they search for a new full-time worship pastor.

It could be for a few weeks or a few months, depending on their needs and when they identify the right candidate. I’ll still be on the road occasionally, but not as frequently as usual.

This week I co-led with the outgoing worship pastor, Ray Peters. It’s been fun getting to know the people on the team here and get a sense of their heart as worshipers.

Set List:

So yeah…the Olympics have been great…but I’m stoked that the NFL is starting!

Just sayin’…

Introducing The Worship Conference SoCal

andyallen — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:45:45 +0000

Coming to North San Diego on Saturday, October 13th 2012

I’m incredibly excited to introduce you to The Worship Conference SoCal. Following 3 successful years in Northern California, we are expanding the reach of this conference to serve the Southern California region.

This is kind of a new breed of conference as it’s geared to connect and serve people involved in worship regionally rather than nationally. There will be something for everyone on your team, including your Lead Pastor. It’s a 1 day conference with 3 key distinctives:

Local Serving Local (regional instructors…people who understand ministry here…we’re all about building relationships)
Non-Commercial (this is not a trade show)
Affordable ($30/person…INCLUDING Lunch)

The win for this conference is going to be the new relationships you’ll build with other leaders, musicians and techy-types who are serving in ministry right here in SoCal with you. We’ll learn from each other and discover new friendships.

The info on our website is coming together as we’re busy confirming clinicians (all volunteers.)

Registration is now open…and space is limited…so register your team today!

I’m looking forward to seeing you there.

Andy Allen
Director | The Worship Conference SoCal

Questions? Need more info? Drop me an email: andy@theworshipconference.com

New Venture Christian Fellowship | August 4-5, 2012

andyallen — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:47:13 +0000

This weekend it was fun to make some new friends close to home at New Venture Christian Fellowship in Oceanside, CA. The lead pastor here is Shawn Mitchell who also happens to be Chaplain for the San Diego Chargers. Pretty cool.

One thing I’ve noticed while being on the road serving many different churches is the uniqueness that exists in each congregation. The community of faith at New Venture is a beautiful combination of people who genuinely love each other while deeply connected to the fact that God has rescued them from much. They worship Jesus with the passion of people who have experienced God’s love in a powerful way.

Set List:

You can watch the service online by clicking HERE.

How would you describe your community of faith?
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Clovis Hills Community Church | July 28-29, 2012

andyallen — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:46:22 +0000

Great to be with our friends at Clovis Hills Community Church in Fresno this weekend. Saturday we had the opportunity to meet up with their worship team and look at the ways worship influences community. It was a very cool time of inspiring conversation with some wonderful people.

Saturday night and Sunday morning I co-led worship with Joseph Rangel, the Worship Pastor at Clovis Hills. The band was great…especially that hot keyboard player…she’s my favorite!

For Pam and I, the highlight of the weekend was seeing 49 children sponsored with World Vision!!! Thank you Clovis Hills Community Church for your generosity and willingness to love the widow and the orphan.

While being on the road can have its challenges…getting to hang with friends, worship with a great band and see kids get sponsored is always the win for us.

Set List:

Now…it’s time to watch The Olympics. GO USA!!!

The Station Church | July 8th & 15th, 2012

andyallen — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:45:17 +0000

We’re in the groove of Summer here in North San Diego County; enjoying the beauty outside as well as the opportunity to serve people within our community of faith.

Here are the set lists from these past couple weeks…

July 8th:

One Thing Remains | Jesus Culture
Stronger | Hillsong Live
Forever Reign | One Sonic Society
Furious | Jeremy Riddle

July 15th:

Search My Heart | Hillsong United
Furious | Jeremy Riddle
Awakening | Chris Tomlin
Never Once | Matt Redman

How is your Summer going?
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The Station Church | July 1st, 2012

andyallen — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:30:49 +0000

It was fun to be back with my team at The Station this weekend. Our family took a stay-cation the past couple weeks to kick this Summer off. A lot of great relaxation and time at the beach to renew the soul.

There was a cool energy in the room because we had a team from Highland Park Baptist Church in Alabama visiting this week. They were on a mission here to serve The Station and the Carlsbad community. It was inspiring to hear them tell a few stories during service about the impact this week had on their team.

We opened our worship experience with a 2 song set, moved into the teaching time and then did 3 more tunes with communion in the closing set. The band freakin’ rocked and the worship had a celebratory feel which was a blast to lead.

Set List:

How was your weekend? What songs are working in your worship setting?
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Love Does

andyallen — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:41:29 +0000

Love Does | Discover A Secretly Incredible Life In An Ordinary World
By Bob Goff

I remember first reading about this guy named Bob Goff in a Donald Miller book. Don made him sound like a pretty cool dude. Then I had a chance to hear my friend Al Andrews (who wrote a book called The Boy, The Kite & The Wind) talk about how this guy named Bob Goff had challenged him to do more than just dream about making a difference in the world…but to actually go do it.

Love Does is a collection of stories about Bob’s life. Each story is told in the animated and forward manner you’d hear if Bob were sitting in your living room recounting the experience. Each story also explores a refreshing look at the way Bob perceives God being real and accessible…not religious and reserved for the holy few.

The beauty within this book is the encouragement you’ll feel to do more than simply dream your dreams. I felt challenged to do more with my ordinary moments and to look for creative ways to embrace the joy and opportunity that life brings my way every day.

I found the first half of the book to be entertaining and motivating with the second half leading me on a journey to explore how my faith can impact the way I live life with renewed passion. With contagious optimism and a bold approach to loving people without condition…Bob has inspired and reminded me to dream big, embrace whimsy and do love.

Oh yeah…and all the proceeds from this book go to helping people in Uganda…so you should buy it!

Get your copy from Amazon HERE…then let me know what you think.
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*I was given this book to review by booksneeze.com. The opinions in this review are mine alone and are not the opinions of the publisher.

Happy Father’s Day To Me [twenty-twelve]

andyallen — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:59:07 +0000

I love being a Dad!

Every year I play hooky with each of my kids. It’s kind of like our own version Ferris Beuller’s Day Off….we just call it Father-Son Day and Father-Daughter Day.

The kids never know exactly what day it will be or what we’re going to do together. They talk about it all year long. I find the anticipation entertaining as we approach the end of each school year. There is constant speculation about when it will be and what I have planned.

Since Father’s Day is this weekend I thought it would be fun to share a couple pics from my 2012 Father-Son/Daughter Day adventures.

: Father-Son Day | w/ Kieran

: Father-Daughter Day | w/ Maggie

: Father-Daughter Day | w/ Brenna

So, do you have any fun traditions with your Dad or as a Dad?
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The Station Church | June 10th, 2012

andyallen — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:26:44 +0000

Through The Station’s Servolution series we are looking at reaching beyond our church and impacting the world around us. This week we introduced World Vision & Child Sponsorship as a way to love people with a more global perspective.

As we loaded-in and set-up there were some tech challenges with the main audio system not working. Twenty minutes before the start of our worship experience, we decided to strike the band and do an acoustic worship set. We took a couple floor-wedge monitors, turned them toward the audience for a little sound. It actually worked out great.

People sang out and there was a great sense of community in our musical worship.

Set List:

Glory To God Forever | Fee
From The Inside Out | Hillsong United
Forever Reign | One Sonic Society
Vision of Hope | Andy Allen

It was awesome to see 6 World Vision kids get sponsored today. Any frustration we experienced over the technical issues were completely overshadowed knowing that these 6 kids lives are being changed by loving sponsors.

Do you sponsor a child? What has your experience been as a sponsor?
Leave a comment below…

The Station Church | June 3rd, 2012

andyallen — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:51:02 +0000

We’re in the middle of our series called Servolution. The goal of these few weeks is to jump start our faith community into serving beyond the weekend experience and make an impact on the neighborhoods where we live.

The last week of June we’ll be out in force serving people and our community. Our prayer is that through serving others we will begin to see a revolution of God’s love in the hearts of those we reach out to.

I think this new church is at a critical moment where we can begin to become more than just another church on the block hosting Sunday services. This is where we cross the threshold to truly loving people where they are…without expecting them to come to us. I think this is a better reflection of the nature of God anyway so I’m excited to see what stories come to light in the course of this next month.

Our band was solid and absolutely nailed it today. We broke up our worship set with communion and a scripture reading. It was a profound moment of connection to God.

Set List:

Our God | Chris Tomlin
Go | Hillsong United
Search My Heart | Hillsong United
All Things New | Elevation Worship

We’re also in our final week of school here, so Summer is upon us. I’m looking forward to traveling and serving some other churches this Summer. Please let me know if there’s a way I can serve your church community. I would love the opportunity to come serve and see what’s happening in your ministry.

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